Curiosity rover's parachute picks up wind

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows wind-caused changes in the parachute that helped land the Curiosity rover on Aug.5.

This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows wind-caused changes in the parachute that helped land the Curiosity rover on Aug.5. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows wind-caused changes in the parachute that helped land the Curiosity rover on Aug.5.